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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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Fraud email example:
From: "Anthony Johnson" <anthonyjohnson202@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: talktogen_johnson@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 04:44:48 +0000
Subject: Gen.Anthony Johnson.
Dear friend,
I wish the best in life for you and your family, and I hope you will receive
this mail in good spirit and respond quickly with ultmost secrecy and
confidentiality,I got your address through my professional relationship in
discharging of my duties
for my government.
My name is Gen. Anthony Johnson. and I was the chief of security and
operations for former president Charles Taylor of Liberia.Please protect
this mail for the safety of my life and that of my family to avoid us being
tortured or killed by his left behind secret
agents.
Please I humbly beg you from the bottom of my heart to listen very
carefully,the situation in my country is very critical and chaos, uproar and
hostilities had brought the country to its knees and from intelligent report
the center cannot hold anymore for former
president Charles Taylor and his government.
The intense pressure from united states, united nations, international
community and west African peace keeping to[Ecomog] had made him former
president
Charles Taylor to step aside and gone on exile and also pressure to face war
crime charges against humanity.
Listen very carefully, you know my country Liberia is very rich with
diamonds,and with my position as former chief of security and operations I
have accumulated so much diamonds which I had sold to generate close to $30
Million over the years and it is this fund that I want to move to you for
safe keeping.
The fund are in boxes in dollar denomination and it would be sent to you
through diplomatic courier service with your name as the beneficiary within
few
days. Please would you do me a favour to receive this fund for me? Else the
government in power will seize the fund and plunder it. If you are capable
and know that
you will truly and honestly help me, write me now, time is no more on my
side.
I will give you 30% of the fund and I will come to your country to take my
part. Extend a friendly hand and help me. Please bear in mind that this fund
is not a loaned or stolen money but rather a hard earned money generated.
If you are willing to help me in this transaction,please furnish me with the
followings:
(1) Your telephone number, Fax number (Mobile phoneif any)
(2) Your postal address
(3) Your full name and a little pre-amble about yourself - I mean your age,
Marrital status, What you are doing for a living e.t.c. Please kindly
contact me on my petrsonal email address. ( talktogen_johnson@yahoo.co.uk )
Yours Sincerely,
Gen.Anthony Johnson.
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